Friday, April 27, 2012

Fragments Found of Meteor That Exploded Over California

Near the site of the discovery that launched the Gold Rush more than 150
years ago, meteorite hunter Robert Ward has tracked down another sort
of rock —fragments of a minivan-sized meteor that blew up in the sky above California's Sierra foothills early on Sunday.
Ward, who has been hunting for meteorites for more than 20 years, told the Associated Press
Thursday that he found a pair of fragments weighing about 10 grams each
roughly 35 miles northeast of Sacramento nearby Sutter's Mill, the
famous location where James W. Marshall discovered gold in 1848.
MORE: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403642,00.asp